_There is a motto I learned from one of my mentors and I would like to share it with you:

What other people think of me is none of my business.

This is such a freeing motto.  When you stop worrying about what other people think, you are free to pursue your dreams.

_Most people spend a lifetime "getting ready" to achieve something great.  Those who are successful in reaching their dreams take action whether they are "ready" or not.

_It was Golden Rule Jones who said "What I want for myself, I want for everybody."

What a great idea to live by.  Don't you think? 

_Within each of us is the desire for expansion; for fuller expression; for growth.  Why is it that the majority of people spend their lives trying to put a lid on their desire?

Take the lid off and act on your desires; expand and grow.  It is why you are here! 

_Napoleon Hill said, "Every defeat it temporary unless you give up and allow it to be permanent." 

You see, inside of every perceived failure and perceived defeat is an opportunity awaiting your discovery.

_"Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities.  Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning."  Gloria Steinem

What a great idea to think about.

After you have set the goal you want to reach, you have visualized having already reached it, and you feel what it feels like, there is another step.  You must be open to receive.  You must "allow" your goals and dreams.

I have often been asked, what does "allow" mean?  Allow means to have unwavering faith that your desires are manifesting.  Allowing means removing ALL doubt from the equation.

WOW! In my opinion Napoleon Hill did it again. His book, Outwitting The Devil was written in 1938, hidden away and not published until now. It was hidden because it was felt the material was so controversial that it would literally destroy Hill. After reading the book, I now wonder if Hill himself didn't fall victim to the "Devil" he interviews in his book.

In his bestselling book Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill gives us the 17 principles to achievement. In Outwitting The Devil Hill presents us with the numerous ways we all limit ourselves, sabotaging our success.

I find it very interesting that Napoleon Hill confesses in Outwitting the Devil that he knew the 17 principles of personal achievement, but did not know how to apply them! This was a very revealing confession. Napoleon Hill had spent over 20 years of his life interviewing the wealthiest men of his time as well as more than 25,000 men and women considered failures in order to organize and write Think and Grow Rich. Now here he was broke, wondering in a sea of indecision with no idea how to apply the philosophy he had spent so long compiling. For more on that piece of the story, you will want to read the book.

It is remarkable how Hill weaves the key reasons people tend to fail and strategies about how to overcome these short comings through a so called "interview with the Devil".

Hill, or I should say the Devil, points out to us that our biggest limitations are indecision, fear and a lack of a definite purpose. Through his interview Hill also uncovers how we tend to fall to the influence of our environment and give up when facing adversity. Hill cleverly disguises a discussion about the Law of Attraction by describing a "tool" used by the Devil called hypnotic rhythm. In the context of the book, the focus is being put on how "the Devil" takes us over through our continued thoughts of failure, fear, adversity, etc. obviously attracting to us more of the same. It makes the Devil's job much easier and puts his whole "take-over" on auto pilot.

You may be thinking at this point why Hill and his family felt this book could destroy them. In the book, the Devil describes the many ways he uses organized religion and our educational system to recruit people to his side. Simply put, religion uses fear and education stops self-thinking. Brilliant!

There is something Hill pulls out of his interview that I strongly disagree with. During the interview it is stressed that there comes a point in our drifting (indecision and lack of purpose) where there is no hope for return; no way out.

I believe, no matter what stage of life we are in, once we are aware of and take control of our thoughts, feelings and actions we can live the life of our dreams.

I encourage you to get a copy of Outwitting The Devil. Then decide for yourself if you are allowing your self-imposed limitations to stop you from achieving the greatness you are here to achieve. The wonderful news is there is no time like RIGHT NOW to begin living your dreams!

You can find how to order Outwitting The Devil by Napoleon Hill along with several other of my favorites by going to my Library . When you are in my library, just click on the picture of the book.